240 Million African Slaves Ago, Valarie Pratt Poitier

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Valarie Pratt Poitier, artist
240 Million African Slaves Ago, 2012
Where object was made: Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Material/technique: cotton fabric; cotton batting; metal chain; beads; machine embroidery; appliqué; machine quilting
Accession number: EL2017.037
Not on display
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And Still We Rise

1653: Indentured servants and enslaved African and Native American workers are forced to build a 12-foot- high wall across Manhattan Island to protect the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam (now New York City) from English invasion—and to separate white landowners from indigenous residents and slaves. The site where the wall stands will later be known as Wall Street, a district famous for financial transactions.

Exhibitions

And Still We Rise
2017